Services

Labor/Birth Doula

As your Labor and Birth Doula Heather provides continuous, nonjudgmental, individualized, emotional and physical support during your labor and birth.

Services Include:

A prenatal visit to help plan your ideal birth - Discuss your hopes, fears, concerns and previous labor and birth experiences. Help with writing your birth plan. Signs and stages of labor. Learn more about you and your partner, and learn how best to support and empower you through this very important time.

Heather is trained in acupressure for pregnancy and labor- comfort techniques ranging from help with morning sickness to sciatica pain, as well, as acupressure to help get your baby into optimal position during labor, help with sacral pain, calming techniques, and more.

Support for your partner - helping them to best support you, allowing for breaks, etc.

Stays with you through the whole birth, and for at least one hour after your birth to help you get settled.

Heather is a Certified Lactation Counselor, if you are planning to breastfeed, she is there to get you off to a great start.

From the time you contract Heather, she is available via email/text/phone for support.

Heather is experienced in all types of birth support - home births, hospital births, natural births, epidural births, inductions and scheduled and emergent cesareans, Heather is there for you.

Operating room support for you and your partner in the event of cesarean births planned, or not (dependent on hospital policies) is included!

Every birth contracted with Heather also guarantees a highly qualified backup doula in the event of emergency.

Hypnobabies® Childbirth Hypnosis Doula

As your Labor and Birth Doula Heather provides continuous, nonjudgmental, individualized, emotional and physical support during your labor and birth.

Services Include:

You will learn and practice Hypnobabies techniques and hypno-cues ahead of time with the Heather in a 2 Birthing Rehearsals, as well as use only Hypnobabies language and techniques at all times. This reinforces your practice and helps form a bond between the birthing family, and Heather.

Heather will be a liaison for you with hospital staff, explaining that you need darkness, solitude and quiet, keeping distraction to a minimum, etc..

Heather uses hypnotic Deepening techniques with the Hypno-mom, for use in Transformation (transition) stage.

Heather helps the Hypno-mom get up to change positions or go to the bathroom immediately after a birthing wave is over as the mom has learned to do. This and many other Hypno-Doula training techniques help the Hypnobabies birthing mother to remain in hypnosis as she changes positions, using Birth Prompts and her “Lightswitch” and “Peace” cues.

Helps you to remember that positional changes and upright positions are mainly used for descent and positioning of the baby and not for comfort in a Hypnobabies birth. When using hypnosis for childbirth, physical comfort comes from using hypnosis to flow deeper inside the inner mind, which also creates the deepest physical relaxation possible.

Heather is a Certified Lactation Counselor, if you are planning to breastfeed, she is there to get you off to a great start.

From the time you contract Heather, she is available via email/text/phone for support.

Every birth contracted with Heather also guarantees a highly qualified backup doula in the event of emergency.

Postpartum Doula

As your Postpartum Doula Heather's job is to support you as you find your way as a new family. Every family is unique, every parenting journey is different. Heather helps guide and support you along your own journey.

Services Include:

Acupressure for postpartum issues ranging from hemorrrhoids to breastfeeding issues

Breastfeeding/Bottle Feeding Support

Referrals to lactation consultants and educators in the area if needed

Screening for postpartum mood disorders - Heather is trained in recognizing the signs of pospartum mood disorders and we can discuss this at any time if you feel something is not right

Help create a nurturing and quiet environment for the family

Hands-on education for infant and mama care

Babywearing assistance

​Processing the birth experience

​Tips for soothing baby

Interested in help organizing pre-baby? Inquire about Nursery organization services during pregnancy!

Lactation Counseling

As your Lactation Counselor, Heather's goal is to support you in feeling confident and prepared for breastfeeding your new baby. Early support and guidance is essential. Please contact Heather if you are experiencing any breastfeeding difficulties. Breastfeeding should never be painful!

Services Include:

Private one-on-one support

Evaluation of a typical feeding

Latch and positioning help

Understanding normal newborn behaviour

Help with solving various breastfeeding road blocks - suspected low or over milk supply, sore/cracked nipples, special circumstances